IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION

CRL.M.P. NO.5029 OF 2014 IN WRIT PETITION (CRL.) NO.68 OF 2008

Lalita Kumari

.... Petitioner(s)

Versus

Govt. of U.P. & Others

.... Respondent(s)

ORDER

Heard Mr. Sidharth Luthra, learned Additional Solicitor General.

After hearing him and in the light of the grievance expressed in the present criminal miscellaneous petition filed in the writ petition, we modify clause (vii) of paragraph 111 of our judgment dated 12th November, 2013, in the following manner: "(vii) While ensuring and protecting the rights of the accused and the complainant, a preliminary inquiry should be made time bound and in any case it should not exceed fifteen days generally and in exceptional cases, by giving adequate reasons, six weeks time is provided. The fact of such delay and the causes of it must be reflected in the General Diary entry."

To this extent, clause (vii) of paragraph 111 of the judgment is modified. Criminal miscellaneous petition is, accordingly, disposed of.

.........................CJI.

(P. SATHASIVAM)

...........................J.

(DR. B.S. CHAUHAN)

...........................J.

(RANJANA PRAKASH DESAI)

...........................J.

(RANJAN GOGOI)

...........................J. (S.A. BOBDE)

New Delhi; March 05, 2014 ITEM NO.301 COURT NO.1 SECTION X

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

CRL.M.P. NO.5029 OF 2014 IN WRIT PETITION (CRL.) NO.68 OF 2008

LALITA KUMARI

Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

GOVT.OF U.P.& ORS.

Respondent(s)

(With appln(s) for modification of Court's Order dated 12.11.2013 and office report)

Date: 05/03/2014 This Matter was called on for hearing today.

CORAM : HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE B.S. CHAUHAN HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE RANJANA PRAKASH DESAI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RANJAN GOGOI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S.A. BOBDE

For Petitioner(s)

Mr. B.K. Shah, Adv.

Mrs. Mona K. Rajvanshi, AOR

For Respondent(s)/ Applicant/For NCT of Delhi

Mr. Sidharth Luthra, ASG Ms. Supriya Juneja, Adv.

Mr. Anandna Handa, Adv. Mr. G.S. Bedi, Adv. Mr. D.S. Mahra, AOR Mr. Satya Siddiqui, Adv. Mr. S.K. Mishra, Adv.

For CBI

Mr. Mohan Parasaran, S.G. (N/P) Dr. Ashok Dhamija, Adv. Mr. T.A. Khan, Adv. Mr. P.K. Dey, Adv. Mr. B.V. Balram Das, Adv.

For U.P.

Mr. Ratnakar K. Dash, Sr. Adv. Mr. Abhisth Kumar, Adv. Mr. Raman Yadav, Adv. Ms. Archana Singh, Adv.

Ms. Sharmila Upadhyay, AOR

Mr. Debasis Misra, AOR

For Haryana

Mr. Manjit Singh, AAG Ms. Nupur Chaudhary, Adv. Mr. Tarjit Singh, Adv. Mr. Kamal Mohan Gupta, Adv.

For Punjab

Mr. V. Madhukar, AAG Ms. Anvita Cowshism, Adv. Mr. Kuldip Singh, AOR

For Gujarat

Ms. Hemantika Wahi, AOR Ms. Preeti Bhardwaj, Adv. Ms. Puja Singh, Adv.

For Arunachal Pradesh

Mr. Anil Shrivastav, AOR

Mr. Rituraj Biswas, Adv.

For A.P.

Mr. D. Mahesh Babu, Adv. Ms. Suchitra Hrangkhawl, Adv. Mr. Amjit Maqbool, Adv. Mr. Amit K. Nain, Adv. Mr. B. Ramakrishna Rao, Adv. Mr. Aditya Jain, Adv. Ms. Sunita Chaudhary, Adv.

Mr. Kamlendra Mishra, AOR

Mr. Khwairakpam Nobin Singh, AOR

Ms. Kamini Jaiswal, AOR

Mr. Ravindra Keshavrao Adsure, AOR

Mr. Jatinder Kumar Bhatia, AOR Mr. Mukesh Verma, Adv.

Mr. Naresh K. Sharma, AOR

Mr. P.V. Dinesh, AOR

Ms. Anitha Shenoy, AOR

Mr. Gopal Singh, AOR

For Jharkhand

Mr. Anil K. Jha, AOR

Mrs. Priyanka Tyagi, Adv.

M/s. Corporate Law Group

Ms. Sumita Hazarika, AOR

Mr. Satish Vig, AOR

Mr. Aruneshwar Gupta, AOR

M/s. Arputham, Aruna & Co.

For Andaman & Mr. Balasubramaniam, Adv. Nicobar Mr. K.V. Jagdishvaran, Adv. Ms. G. Indira, AOR

Mrs. D. Bharathi Reddy, AOR

Mr. Dharmendra Kumar Sinha, AOR

For Puducherry Mr. V.G. Pragasam, AOR

Mr. S.J. Aristotle, Adv. Mr. Prabu Ramasubramaniam, Adv.

Mr. Ajay Pal, AOR

Mr. Jatinder Kumar Bhatia, AOR

Mr. R. Nedumaran, AOR

Ms. Shalu Sharma, AOR

Mr. Ranjan Mukherjee, AOR

Ms. A. Subhashini, AOR

Dr. Monika Gusain, AOR

Mr. S. Thananjayan, AOR

Mr. Sudarshan Singh Rawat, AOR

Mr. C.D. Sigh, AOR

For West Bengal Mr. Anip Sachthey, AOR Mr. Mohit Paul, Adv.

Mr. Abhijat P. Medh, AOR

Mr. Rameshwar Prasad Goyal, AOR

For Tamil Nadhu Mr. M. Yogesh Kanna, Adv. Mr. A. Santha Kumaran, Adv. Ms. Vanita C. Giri, Adv.

For Rajasthan

Mr. S.S. Shamshery, AAG

Mr. Sandeep Singh, Adv. Ms. Ruchi Kohli, Adv.

For Nagaland

Mr. K. Enatoli Sema, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv.

For Mizoram

Mr. K.N. Madhusoodhanan, Adv. Mr. R. Sathish, Adv.

For H.P.

Mr. Suryanarayana Singh, AAG Ms. Pragati Neekhra, Adv.

UPON hearing counsel the Court made the following ORDER

Crl.M.P. No.5029 of 2014, is disposed of in terms of the signed order.

|(Chetan Kumar) |Court Master

| |(Savita Sainani) | |Assistant Registrar

| |

(Signed order is placed on the file)